Is OpenSSH vulnerable to the ZLIB problem or isn't it?

[Nicolas Williams]

On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 01:44:01PM -0500, Nicolas Williams wrote:
> > > I can't speak to the rest of your questions, but because the portable
> > > tree doesn't bundle its own copy of zlib, OpenSSH links against the
> > > version installed on the system it's being compiled on.  Usually that's
> > > a shared library if your OS has shared libraries, but it's going to be
> > > OS-specific.
> 
> This is not a complete answer. A complete answer would be:
> 
> "SSHv2 is resistant to exploits of the ZLib bug, and so is OpenSSH when
> linked a zlib 1.1.3. But to be sure upgrade to Zlib 1.1.4."
> 
> Or
> 
> "SSHv2 is not resistant to exploits of the ZLib bug. OpenSSH linked
> with zlib 1.1.3 is vulnerable."

Actually, "noone has stated that they can exploit OpenSSH with Zlib
1.1.3 and noone has posted credible analysis as to SSHv2's or OpenSSH's
vulnerability to this bug" is a good enough response, if true. It seems
that that's just about the case too.

Just upgrade :)

Nico
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